Lifetime Brands Recalls Fruit and Vegetable Choppers Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold at Sam's Club
Recall 10717 · Jan 21, 2010 · Lifetime Brands
6,000
units affected
6,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 10717
- Date
- Jan 21, 2010
- Company
- Lifetime Brands
- Units affected
- 6,000
- Product
- Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers
- Product type
- Food Dehydrator/Preserver/Processor
- Hazard
- Cuts
The product
The recalled product is the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Chopper with model number 5061050 and UPC 024131114849. The product is a multipurpose chopper and corer for fruits and vegetables. The model number and UPC are located on the chopper's packaging.
What can happen
Pieces of the chopper's metal blades can break off during use and fall into food being prepared in the chopper, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
The fix
Consumers should immediately stop using the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers and return it to any Sam's Club for a full refund. Sam's Club is directly contacting consumers who purchased the recalled choppers.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Lifetime Brands has received three reports of blades breaking off during use, including one report of minor cuts to a consumer's mouth when a small piece of blade became lodged in food that had been sliced by the chopper.
- Sold at
- Sam's Club locations nationwide from October 2009 through December 2009 for about $25.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled pedrini® pro chop™ professional multipurpose choppers?
Consumers should immediately stop using the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers and return it to any Sam's Club for a full refund. Sam's Club is directly contacting consumers who purchased the recalled choppers.
What is the hazard?
Pieces of the chopper's metal blades can break off during use and fall into food being prepared in the chopper, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.